Frontline

Frontline

Parental Guide

Powerful look at the impact of technology on our children.

Consumerism

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Drinking, drugs, & smoking

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Language

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Positive messages

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Sex

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Parents need to know that Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier is really more for them than their kids. The 90-minute Frontline documentary continues the exploration of what it means for kids to be growing up in a digital world that began with producer Rachel Dretzin's stunning Growing Up Online. Dretzin and commentator Douglas Rushkoff, a leading thinker and writer on the digital revolution, explore the impact of technology on this generation of kids whose lives are constantly connected. The program is accompanied by a thought-provoking website (where the complete program is available). Some violent footage and discussion of war and military tools appear in the segment "Waging War."

Season 33 Episode 8:

Politics of Torture

Season 33 Episode 7:

The Trouble With Chicken

An outbreak of salmonella heidelberg at one of the largest poultry processors in America prompts a report on the spread of pathogens in chicken and why the food safety system has not been able to stop the threat.

Season 33 Episode 5:

American Terrorist

Season 33 Episode 4:

The Fight for Yemen

A report on the conflict in Yemen focuses on the violent feuds within the country, the rival anti-American and al-Qaida-aligned forces fighting for control, and the dangerous consequences that may result.

Gunned Down

Season 32 Episode 17:

Firestone and the Warlord

Based on accounts from Americans who ran Firestone's rubber plantation in Liberia, an investigation reveals the company's relationship with Liberian politician Charles Taylor and its business conduct during the Liberian Civil War.

Season 32 Episode 16:

The Rise of ISIS

Season 32 Episode 15:

The Trouble With Antibiotics

Whether the use of antibiotics in food animals is exacerbating antibiotic resistance in humans; the family of a man who died from a bacteria outbreak in a hospital at the National Institutes of Health.

Syria's Second Front

Season 32 Episode 3:

League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis

Allegations that the National Football League denied and refuted scientific evidence that violent collisions are linked to early onset dementia, long-term brain damage, death and other consequences for players.

Season 31 Episode 15:

Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria

Season 31 Episode 14:

League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis

Allegations that the National Football League denied and refuted scientific evidence that violent collisions are linked to early onset dementia, long-term brain damage, death and other consequences for players.

Season 31 Episode 8:

Never Forget to Lie

Season 31 Episode 7:

The Retirement Gamble

An investigation into just how well America's financial institutions protect people's savings includes a look at who has the consumer's best interests in mind and whether there may be a better way to manage retirement accounts.

Season 30 Episode 18:

Climate of Doubt

Season 30 Episode 17:

The Choice 2012

An in-depth look at President Barack Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney, including their campaigns, voter views on issues and possible changes the winner may bring to the White House.

Season 30 Episode 10:

Cell Tower Deaths

Season 30 Episode 9:

Money, Power and Wall Street

Debate rages over President Barack Obama's strategy to help Wall Street problems; bankers continue to make risky deals, as regulators try to fix an industry steeped in conflicts of interest and incentives to cheat.

Season 29 Episode 16:

The Pot Republic

Season 29 Episode 15:

The Child Cases

Child death cases where the medical evidence used for convictions turned out to be unreliable or wrong; for-profit colleges recruit veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan; a doctor focuses on hard to treat patients.

Season 29 Episode 8:

The Private Life of Bradley Manning

Season 29 Episode 7:

Money and March Madness

The NCAA and the commercialization of college basketball; Chinese artist Ai Weiwei; Brian Manning discusses the charges against his son, U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, suspected of passing classified information to WikiLeaks.

Season 20 Episode 19:

The Man Who Knew

Agent John O'Neill considers assassinating bin Laden before al-Qaida could act, prompting his separation from the FBI and his hiring as World Trade Center security director, just weeks before his death in the attacks.

Season 20 Episode 18:

Campaign Against Terror

Complex political wrangling by U.S., Afghan and other world leaders after Sept. 11 leads to an international coalition against al-Qaida and the Taliban, and promotes Hamid Karzai as leader of Afghanistan.

Season 10 Episode 19:

The Best Campaign Money Can Buy

Season 10 Episode 18:

The Choice '92

An in-depth look at the private lives and careers of George Bush and Bill Clinton examines each man's childhood, formation of political philosophies, entry into politics and subsequent defeats and revivals.